CVE-2012-3983 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer7 documents6 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.8%
top 26.42%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
6
Mozilla FirefoxMozilla SeamonkeyMozilla Thunderbird+3 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 10
Latest updateMay 13

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16.0, Thunderbird before 16.0, and SeaMonkey before 2.13 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages5 packages

▶NVDmozilla/firefox< 16.0
▶NVDmozilla/seamonkey< 2.13

Also affects: Ubuntu Linux 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-hxx4-mph4-8pxf: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2012-3983: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the browser engine in Mozilla Firefox before 16↗2012-10-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities↗2012-10-12
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Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities↗2012-10-09
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Red Hat
Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:16.0) (MFSA 2012-74)↗2012-10-09
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2012-3983 Mozilla: Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:16.0) (MFSA 2012-74)↗2012-10-06
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CVE-2012-3983 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase